Salmon

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Salmon NH Icon.png Salmon  
Artwork of salmon
Real-world info
Name: Oncorhynchus keta
(chum salmon)

Family: Salmonidae (salmons and trouts)
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 サケ
 연어
 Salmone
 Lachs
 鲑鱼
 Saumon
 Salmón
 Zalm
 鮭魚
 Saumon
 Salmón
 Лосось

The salmon is a freshwater fish in the Animal Crossing series that appears in all games. It appears throughout the day exclusively during the first month of fall. In games prior to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears with varying shadow sizes and can be found at the river mouth during the first half of the month, and in the river during the second half of the month. In New Horizons, it appears as a large shadow and remains exclusively in the river mouth for the entire month.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#25
Salmon
"I caught a salmon! And it made it all the way back here! Now, I feel bad."
Salmon
Time of year[nb 1] Sep
Time of day All day
Location River (mouth)
Shadow size Large
Selling price  650 Bells
Feng shui None
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World[edit]

#27

Salmon
"I caught a salmon! Welcome back!"

Description They are famous for their roe. Their flesh is pink, but they're white fish.
Time of year Sep
Time of day All day
Peak times N/A
Location River
Shadow size Very large
Fish size 90 cm
Rarity Very common
Selling price  700 Bells
Furniture size 2.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#28

Salmon
"I caught a salmon! Now we're jammin'!"

Description These creatures split their lives between freshwater and seawater.
Time of year Sep
Time of day All day
Peak times N/A
Location River (mouth)
Shadow size Large
Fish size About 36 in.
Rarity Very common
Selling price  700 Bells
Furniture size 2.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#30

Salmon
"I caught a salmon! Oh, that's slammin'!"

Time of year Sep
Time of day All day
Peak times N/A
Location River (mouth)
Shadow size Large
Fish size 90 cm
Rarity Very common
Selling price  700 Bells
Furniture size 2.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

#56

Salmon

Event availability Fishing Tourney #10
Location Lost Lure Creek
Shadow size Large
Fish size 75.2 cm - 104.8 cm
Rarity ★★
Catch rate Cannot be caught at this time
Selling price  300 Bells
Request reward  1,500 Bells, 3 Heart PC Icon.png Friendship Points
Fortune Cookie (20%), Bronze Treats (30%)


In New Horizons[edit]

#31

Salmon
"I caught a salmon! It's all upstream from here!"

Time of year North: Sep
South: Mar
Time of day All day
Location River (mouth)
Shadow size Large
Rarity Common
Spawn requirement Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 700 Bells
 C.J. 1,050 Bells
Furniture size 2.0 x 1.0


Use in cooking[edit]

Salmon is used as a cooking ingredient in the cooking recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

# Item Image Type Buy price Available from Materials
799 Poke poke Savory Not for sale  Fishing
Salmon
Tomato
808 Salmon sandwich salmon sandwich Savory Not for sale  Fishing
Whole-wheat flour
Salmon
813 Salmon bagel sandwich salmon bagel sandwich Savory Not for sale  Fishing
Flour
Salmon
846 Carpaccio di salmone carpaccio di salmone Savory Not for sale  Fishing
Salmon
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Donating to the museum[edit]

As with all fish and bugs in the Animal Crossing series, the salmon can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers. During the donation, Blathers will say the following about the salmon:

In Animal Crossing[edit]

"Even run-of-the-mill common fish are valuable resources, you see. All part of the grand tapestry, wot! We will take excellent care of this fellow, oh yes. You can rest assured. Excellent care, indeed."

The salmon can be found in the back with the sea fish of the fish exhibit.

In Wild World[edit]

"Salmon grilled over hot coals... Delicious. I say, grilling and eating outdoors simply cannot be beat, eh wot?"

The salmon can be found in the first room of the fish exhibit in the second tank.

In City Folk[edit]

"Ahh... A salmon? Yes, quite! Everyone knows that salmon swim upstream to spawn... But did you know they don't eat for the entirety of their journey? Indeed! Salmon must enjoy pushing themselves to the limit... I hereby dub them the pro athletes of the river!"

The salmon can be found in the large left tank on the first level of the fish exhibit.

In New Leaf[edit]

"Salmon are popular migratory fish that are born in rivers, migrate to oceans, and return in four years. In Japan, flavored salmon eggs are a very popular dish called ikura, but it hasn't caught on in the US. In rare cases, salmon will only stay in the ocean for one or two years before coming back. These fish are known as 'phantom fish' since they're so hard to find in the wild. Their characteristic pink color comes from the shrimp and krill they get in their diet. If they are differently, their flesh would be white."

In New Horizons[edit]

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"Ah, salmon... Did you know their coloration is due specifically to their diet? Indeed, this is the case! The more they fill their diet with crustaceans such as krill and shrimp, the deeper shade of pink they are. If they ate a bushel of carrots, might they turn orange?"

Once donated to the museum, the salmon can be found in the lower level of the waterfall tank with the king salmon and the sturgeon.

Fishing Tourney[edit]

During a Fishing Tourney, when given a salmon, Chip will say the following dialogue.

In City Folk[edit]

"With salmon, you can grill it, bake it, fry it, steam it, boil it, zap it, toast it, poach it, or just EAT it. Whatever! Automatic num! Nyuuuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

In New Leaf[edit]

"Now for salmon, stew 'em, grill 'em, steam 'em, smoke 'em... Doesn't really matter what you do. Tasty! Though...the absolute best method is to freeze and pickle 'em. Ever had pickled salmon? So good! Right now, I'll just go ahead and scarf this guy down raw! YUM!"

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

A real-life Chum Salmon.

The Chum Salmon (also known as the Keta Salmon, Dog Salmon, and Silverbrite Salmon) is a species of salmon that mainly inhabits the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Like many other salmon, after spending their life wandering the oceans they travel to the brackish water of river-mouths to spawn. Because the salmon have become so used to the salt water of the sea, they deteriorate rapidly after spawning and die. Oddly enough, they often return to the freshwater area that they spawned from initially. More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese サケ
sake
Salmon

Korean 연어
yeon-eo
Salmon

Simplified Chinese 鲑鱼
guīyú
Salmon

Traditional Chinese 鮭魚
Unknown
Salmon

Russian Лосось
Losos'
Salmon

Dutch Zalm Salmon

German Lachs Salmon

European Spanish Salmón Salmon

European French Saumon Salmon

Italian Salmone Salmon

Notes[edit]

  1. All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.